A/N: Wow, finally I can update again! Yay! lol Thanks for all the reviews! Reading them makes me so happy! Peanut2lb: lol Thanks! Hmm, maybe I will be writing Pearl's wedding one day? ::whistles:: I guess it just depends on whether or not people want me to keep going and going and going and going and going.... (Like the Engerizer Bunny)! Samara8akaNessa: Well, I would have updated sooner, but with all that upgrading stuff the site did....Sorry, this was the best I could do. wyatt333: Yeah, Jock has a sick and twisted demonic side. It's sort of funny and sick at the same time....disturbing, I guess. Phyre: You just might get your wish! ::winks:: Hey, I checked out the pictures, and I'm not sure what's wrong with them. Somehow the links aren't working. You have to copy and paste them into the browser, but the Pam and Pandora ones still won't work. Hey, I'll play around with it, and then I'll see if I can update you later. I'm sorry about that! They were working before the "upgrade" thing. (I know, I checked them just days before the upgrade.) Zythe: There's not a "main big bad", not yet anyway. Yeah, I have been thinking a lot about the living situation and it might change, in the sequel. charmedsisters: Yep! The sequel will most likely be called, "The Children Of Light". Well, I've never read Harry Potter and I've only seen the second movie (a friend took me), so unfortunately I can't write a HP/Charmed crossover. I just don't know enough about the HP. BTW, this title is a play on that old joke: "What's black and white and 'red' all over?" (Do any of you know?)

The Blessed Ones
Chapter 33: Black And White And Dead All Over

Phoebe's fingers wildly clicked the keys on her computer, as she typed a response to her latest column. She smiled contently, as she finished the response from, 'Lovestruck In Las Vegas'. She was amazed that people from all over the U.S. read her column. People even had websites about Phoebe and her column. Although her column was only printed in the Bay Mirror, in San Fracisco, the owner of the magazine had made deals with other magazines around the states to reprint the article into their own newspapers. Phoebe smiled brightly, as she leaned back and clicked the 'save' button. "I need one more letter." She decided, as she grabbed a large mail bag and set it on her desk. She carefully pulled open the tie and bundles of mail came spilling out of the bag. "Sheesh..." She muttered, as she scooted her chair back and watched the mail spill onto the floor.

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Pam shimmered onto the sofa, with her backpack still on. She yawned, after her long day at school. She slid her arms out of the straps of her backpack and shoved the annoyance to the ground, making a loud thud. She leaned forward, grabbing the T.V. controls, then plopped back on the sofa, making herself comfortable. She smiled contently, then clicked the 'power' button on the T.V. remote and found the afternoon cartoons.

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Phoebe reached down, at the massive pile of letters, and grabbed at them. Missing her mark, the letters slid down, making the a wider area of letters. Then Phoebe's eyes settled on a lime green envelope, with purple question marks all over it. Phoebe's eyebrows furrowed. She grabbed the envelope and ripped it open, intrigued by the envelope. She pulled out a small green letter and the handwriting was in purple ink. "'What's black and white and red all over?'" Phoebe's eyes clamped shut, as she felt a surge of energy rush through her, as she was sucked into a powerful premonition.

----Premonition----

Pam was contently sitting on sofa in the Manor's living room, watching afternoon cartoons.

There was a puff of green smoke, behind the sofa. A crazy looking man in a green suit with purple question marks all over it, appeared. He smiled crazily and held out his hands. In a puff of green smoke, a large can of paint appeared in his hands and then he smacked Pam over the head with it, knocking him out. He laughed crazily and then pulled the lid off the paint can and then poured red paint all over Pam's limp body. "What's black and white and red all over?!" He cackled. He tossed the can to the ground and then an athame appeared in his hands and he loomed over Pam, cackling like crazy. Then he plunged the ceremonial knife into the young part witch-demoness and watched as crimson blood gushed from her small body. "A dead child of Balthezor and a Charmed One, that's what!" He screamed with manic laughter. Then he rubbed his now crimson hands together and grinned, then he disappeared in the puff of green smoke.

----Premonition----

Phoebe gasped, as her heart thudded in her chest. The letter slipped from her now sweating and trembling hands. "L-Leo!" She yelled. She got up, shut her office door, and locked it. "Leo!"

A swirl of blue and white orbs appeared in the corner of the room and Leo appeared. "Phoebe! What's wrong?"

"Take me home, now!" She snatched his hand.

"What?"

"Now!" Phoebe cried.

Knowing that it must be urgent, Leo didn't protest, and he orbed Phoebe out.

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Leo orbed himself and Phoebe into the Manor, next to the stairway. She began to rush at the sofa, when her eyes spotted a puff of green smoke appear between her and the sofa. "No!"

Jock smiled crazily and held out his hands. In a puff of green smoke, a large can of paint appeared in his hands.

"Pam, shimmer!" Phoebe commanded.

Pam, hearing her mother's order, shimmered without hesitation; the paint can swung through her shimmers.

Phoebe launched herself into a levitating spin kick, sending a series of spin kicks into Jock and sending him crashing into the other side of the room. Phoebe floated to the ground and glared heatidly at the demon. "Bastard!"

Pam shimmered in, next to her mother and uncle. "What's going on?"

Jock disappeared, in his green smoke.

"Phoebe!" Leo said, pointing to the vacant spot.

The green smoke appeared, forming into Jock, behind Phoebe.

"Look ou...." Leo began.

Jock flicked his wrist, encasing Leo in ice.

Phoebe wrapped her arms around her daughter and levitated them into the air, out of Jock's grasp.

Jock waved his hand, sending an energy ball at Pam.

Phoebe swung her daughter to the side, turning them in mid air, and the energy ball smacked into her back. Her grasp around Pam gave in and they both went flying down at the floor.

"Dad!" Pam shimmered out, before she could hit the floor.

Phoebe smacked into the floor, falling into a world of black.

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Cole, hearing his daughter's scream from downstairs, shimmered out.

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Cole shimmered in, gasping at the sight of his wife on the floor. "No!"

Jock, eyeing Balthezor, disappeared in his trademark green puff; making sure that the powerful demon hadn't seen him.

Pam shimmered in, with tears brimming in her 5-year-old eyes. "Mommy!" She cried, as she slid to the floor and held her mother's limp hand.

Cole got to his feet, seeing Leo stuck in the ice block. He formed an energy ball, sent it flying into the ice block, making all of it including Leo, explode.

In a flurry of orbs, Leo reformed. He screamed in pain. He couldn't die from an attack like that, but it sure as hell hurt.

"Leo! Heal Phoebe!" Cole commanded, as he pointed to his wife.

Leo crossed the room, knelt down to Phoebe, and began healing her. Within a few minutes, he removed his hands. "Phoebe?"

Phoebe's eyes fluttered open. "Leo?"

"You're gonna be ok." Leo assured her.

Cole helped his wife up and gently kissed her lips.

Pam tugged at her father's pant leg.

Cole reached down and scooped his daughter into his arms. "Everything's going to be okay." He kissed his daughter's forehead and breathed out a sigh of relief.

"I'll go get Piper and Paige from P3, I'll be right back." Leo orbed out.

"Let's get to the attic." Phoebe urged, as she took her husband's hand and led him up the stairs, with their daughter still in his arms.

TO BE CONTINUED....